I am applying the lts-candidate label with the following justification: this is a fix for a regression in 2.294 that, while impacting a low number of users, is high in severity for the impacted users. While the fix carries some degree of risk, we are early in the LTS development cycle, and there is plenty of time for these changes to be deployed and tested by users of weekly releases. If a regression is discovered between now and the next LTS backporting window, this justification can be reconsidered.